jig · Key of Am

Tim the thatcher

O’Neill 1907 no. 375

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Tim the thatcher"Tim the thatcherSingle jiganon. (Ireland)2020305252020302250202030525001353310525050105200025010525255250105201357533105250Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 375

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X:375
T:Tim the thatcher
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 375
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
E|A>BA c2A|d2B G2B|A>BA c2A|B2E GAB|A>BA c2A|dBd e2(e/f/)|gag gfe|dBG A2:|
||d|e>fe d2B|e2A A>Bd|e>fe d2B|dBG GBd|e>fe d2B|e2f g2a|bag gfe|dBG A2:|
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Questions about Tim the thatcher

  • Tim the thatcher is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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